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water purification

process of removing impurities from water
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Summary

water purification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,278 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: cleaning[2], water treatment[3], refining[4]
  • Commons category: Water treatment[5]
  • Product or material produced: purified water[6]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8]
  • Class of object(s) of occurrence: water[9]

Why It Matters

water purification has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008787-cisteni-vody
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0008787-cisteni-vody, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product → —
    Aliases → —
    Class of object(s) of occurrence → water
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 15306, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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